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Athlete of the Week: Maggie Shelton - Women’s Track

By RACHEL COOK | April 24, 2014

The Hopkins women’s track team had another impressive performance on April 18 at the Larry Ellis Invitational. Blue Jay senior Maggie Shelton had a record-breaking performance on Friday night, further cementing her place in the record books. Shelton finished the 800-meter race with a time of 2:07.29, beating the former Hopkins record set by Annie Monagle with a time of 2:08.73. Along with the Hopkins record, Shelton bested the conference record of Haverford’s Annick Lamar, 2:08.15, that she set back in 2008, securing a spot in the Centennial Conference record books.

Jays beat Swarthmore but fall to Widener

By TOBY MIRMAN | April 17, 2014

The Blue Jays rode two dynamic pitching performances from sophomore Carter Burns and junior Jacob Enterlin and the thumping bat of sophomore Raul Shah to two victories (8-4, 5-3) against Swarthmore the afternoon of Saturday April 12. Shah was 5-6 on the day with two home runs and three RBI, while Burns and Enterlin combined to hurl 18 strikeouts over 17.0 innings pitched.

Women’s Lacrosse shocks Northwestern

By RACHEL COOK | April 17, 2014

With 20 seconds left in the second overtime, Hopkins sophomore Dene Dimartino scored the winning goal, snapping the fifth-ranked Northwestern Wildcats’ five-game win streak. The Lady Jays are now 11-2 overall in the season, and their ALC record is back to .500 with just two league games to go.

Athlete of the Week: Raul Shah - Baseball

By GAURAV VERMA | April 17, 2014

Sophomore third baseman Raul Shah had quite the weekend at the plate, especially in the doubleheader against Swarthmore. Shah was 5-6 at the plate with two homers, leading Hopkins to wins in both games. On the week, Shah hit .611 at the plate with a 1.056 slugging percentage, and was named in D3baseball.com’s Team of the Week. After spending last season as a seldom-used backup, Shah has emerged as one of the key contributors on the team this year. He was kind enough to answer a few questions about his season, his offseason training and the team’s performance thus far.

Women’s Tennis tops Washington College

By ALEX PICANO | April 17, 2014

The Hopkins women’s tennis team beat visiting Washington College in a shut out 9-0 on Saturday afternoon. Currently ranked third, the Lady Jays remain the only unbeaten team in the Centennial Conference. They improved to 13-1 overall and 5-0 in the conference.

Blue Jays breeze by rival Maryland Terps

By ZACH ZILBER | April 17, 2014

A crowd of nearly 10,000 erupted in cheers as the Blue Jays stormed onto Homewood Field last Saturday. The Jays were playing the role of massive underdogs and not-so-gracious hosts.

Men’s Track places 2nd at only home meet

By IAN GUSTAFSON | April 17, 2014

On a day that saw a staggering 17 men’s facility records fall, the Blue Jays’ men’s track and field team placed second at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational. The Blue Jays scored 86 points at the Hopkins/Loyola Track and Field Complex on Saturday. For the second consecutive year, Salisbury won the event with 114 points. Buffalo State finished third with 80 points.

Men’s Tennis grabs two CC wins

By SI YEON LEE | April 17, 2014

This season, the Hopkins men’s tennis team has bested all of their conference play opponents, and this Saturday was no different. Last week’s matches ended on a high note; after going 1-2 in the weekend matches, the Blue Jays swept Centennial Conference opponent Franklin & Marshall to improve their undefeated conference record to 4-0. Hopkins was able to carry their momentum to Haverford on Saturday to prevail yet again with a 9-0 sweep in the matches.

Shelton paces Lady Jays at Hopkins Invite

By ZACH ROBBINS | April 17, 2014

The Hopkins women’s track and field team competed in their sole home meet of the year, the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational, this past Saturday. The field was stacked with competitive performances in which seven facility records were broken on the women’s side alone.

Blue Jays grind through two doubleheaders

By TOBY MIRMAN | April 10, 2014

In their double-header against Franklin & Marshall, careless play in the field was the Blue Jays’ downfall, as 10 Hopkins errors (five in each game) made way for eight Diplomat runs over the afternoon.

Women’s Lax loses second straight game

By RACHEL COOK | April 10, 2014

Facing the nation’s best scorer this past weekend, the Hopkins women’s lacrosse team fell in a tough 10-9 loss to the Florida Gators. Florida’s Shannon Gilroy is leading the nation in scoring, and held her title as she scored seven second-half points to give fourth ranked Florida the win over the 13th ranked Lady Jays.

Women’s Track shines in all three meets

By SCOTT SHEEHAN | April 10, 2014

After winning the indoor conference championship, the women’s track and field team has looked to continue their success and hold up to their 5th place national ranking this outdoor season. In order to give every runner an opportunity to race this past weekend, the team split up into three different, but competitive meets: the Stanford Invitational, the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, and Millersville Metrics in Pennsylvania. The Lady Jays competed against many top Division I teams and put up strong performances in each meet.

Blue Jays snap losing streak against Albany

By ZACH ZILBER | April 10, 2014

Under the illuminating lights at Homewood Field, the sounds of the over 1,500 people in attendance pierced through the night. There was a tangible excitement in the air. The Blue Jays were ready to win again.

Athlete of the Week: Andrew Carey - Men’s Track

By ZACH ROBBINS | April 10, 2014

This past weekend the Hopkins Track team traveled across the country to Palo Alto, Calif. for the Stanford Invitational.  Senior Andrew Carey led the team, breaking the school record, which he previously held, in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:50.95. Carey edged out the rest of his heat filled with Division I athletes and ultimately finished 14th in the field of 81. Based on his performance this past weekend, The News-Letter awarded Carey the honor of Athlete of the Week. Carey was kind enough to take time out of his schedule to answer a few questions about his race this weekend as well as the rest of the season.

Lady Jays suffer first defeat of the season

By IAN GUSTAFSON | April 10, 2014

The Hopkins women’s tennis team took home a win and a loss in their split-squad matches on Saturday.  Half of the top-ranked team traveled to Atlanta to take on third-ranked Emory, where they suffered their first defeat of the season, losing 7-2. However, in a home conference bout with Ursinus, Hopkins shut out the Bears 9-0 to remain undefeated in the Centennial Conference. Their record moved to 12-1 on the season and 4-0 in conference.

Carey takes first place in the 800 meter race

By TOBY MIRMAN | April 3, 2014

The Hopkins men’s Track team had a rough day as the rain poured down torrentially in College Park on the 29th of March. The Blue Jays were only able to grab three top five finishes on the day as the team struggled to battle the inclement weather. “It was certainly tough to perform well at the Maryland Invitational,” sophomore Devin Conley said. “It wasn’t the ideal way to start off the outdoor portion of the season but we managed to do as well as we could given the circumstances.”

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